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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate analyses to assess the prognostic factors in propensity score matched 166 gastric cancer patients with normal serum CEA levels

From: Prognostic nutritional index as a predictor of survival in resectable gastric cancer patients with normal preoperative serum carcinoembryonic antigen levels: a propensity score matching analysis

Variables

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

HR

95% CI

p value

HR

95% CI

p value

Gender

female / male

0.652

0.230–1.631

0.370

   

pStage

I, II / III

7.303

2.827–22.468

< 0.001

7.803

3.015–24.041

< 0.001

Tumor size

<  5 / ≥ 5

1.735

0.710–4.618

0.230

   

PNI

≥ 44.3 / <  44.3

2.742

1.100–7.745

0.030

3.078

1.232–8.707

0.016

Diff.

well & mod / poor

1.588

0.657–4.054

0.306

   

BMI

≥ 18.5 / <  18.5

1.050

0.245–3.125

0.939

   

Adjuvant

No / Yes

2.419

1.000–6.179

0.050

   
  1. HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval, PNI Prognostic nutritional index, CEA Carcinoembryonic antigen, pStage Pathological Stage, Diff Differentiation, BMI Body mass index, Adjuvant adjuvant chemotherapy
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